Coverage of Ethereum, smart contracts, and related developments.
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The Ethereum Foundation deposited 45,034 ETH into the Beacon Chain deposit contract on Thursday, bringing its total staked position to approximately 69,500 ETH and within reach of its stated 70,000 ETH goal.
Ethereum fell to approximately $2,200 in mid-March 2026, down 35% from January, as Layer 2 platforms captured transaction volume and fee revenue from the mainnet.
Hackers stole 401,347 ETH from Bybit in the largest cryptocurrency theft on record
Coinbase's Base layer 2 network ran the 'Onchain Summer' campaign throughout summer 2024, driving total value locked to over $7 billion and daily transactions exceeding Ethereum mainnet volumes.
ConsenSys announced June 18, 2024, that the SEC closed its investigation into Ethereum 2.0 and would not bring charges classifying ETH as a security.
Combined total value locked in Ethereum Layer 2 networks crossed $20 billion in mid-2024, driven by fee reductions from the Dencun upgrade and rapid Base growth.
SEC approved spot Ethereum ETF applications, opening institutional access to Ethereum holdings
EigenLayer distributed EIGEN tokens on May 10, 2024 to early restakers, with tokens initially non-transferable, generating controversy over allocation sizes and geographic restrictions.
Ethena's USDe synthetic dollar reached $2 billion in supply by April 2024, supported by a high-yield mechanism combining staked ETH returns with perpetual futures funding arbitrage.
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission approved spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs on April 15, 2024, making it the first jurisdiction in Asia to offer such products.
The Ethereum Dencun upgrade activated on March 13 2024, introducing EIP-4844 proto-danksharding and reducing Layer 2 transaction costs by 10-100x.
Blast, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution, launched mainnet on February 29, 2024 with over $2 billion in deposits and built-in yield mechanisms for ETH and stablecoins.
Coinbase launched Base Layer 2 on August 9, 2023, an Optimism-based network that achieved $400 million in total value locked within weeks.
Ethereum's Shapella upgrade activated on April 12, 2023, enabling validators to withdraw staked ETH for the first time since the Beacon Chain launch.
Arbitrum Foundation distributed 1.16 billion ARB tokens on March 23, 2023, valued at approximately $1.8 billion to 625,000+ eligible early users.
Ethereum Classic launched as a separate blockchain, maintaining the original Ethereum protocol code and representing a fundamental split in the community over immutability principles.
The Ethereum network underwent a controversial hard fork that reversed the DAO hack and returned stolen funds to investors, with significant community implications.
An unknown attacker exploited a vulnerability in The DAO's smart contract code, draining approximately $60 million worth of ether tokens in a matter of hours.
ConsenSys announced funding to support its mission of building decentralized applications and tools on the Ethereum blockchain, establishing itself as a major Ethereum ecosystem developer.
The DAO, a distributed autonomous organization built on Ethereum, has crossed the $150 million threshold, becoming the world's largest crowdfunding campaign by a significant margin.
